Nine to Five (1980)
Jane Fonda: Judy Bernly
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Quotes
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Violet Newstead : Oh, God. They know about the rat poison. I might as well just turn myself in.
Doralee Rhodes : Violet, it was an accident.
Violet Newstead : I'm a murderer.
Judy Bernly : No, you're not.
Violet Newstead : I'm a murderess. I'm gonna go to the pen. My poor kids. I'm gonna lose my job.
Judy Bernly : Violet, stop this.
Violet Newstead : I'm no fool. I've killed the boss, you think they're not gonna fire me for a thing like that?
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Franklin Hart, Jr. : [Judy's fantasy - she's a big game hunter and Hart is the prey] Judy? Judy, you've got to help me; that mob out there is crazy; they're trying to kill me!
Judy Bernly : Now, why would they want ot do a nasty little thing like that?
Franklin Hart, Jr. : I don't know! I'm not such a bad guy!
Judy Bernly : You're a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot.
Franklin Hart, Jr. : So I have a few faults; who doesn't? Is that any reason to kill me?
Judy Bernly : You're foul, Hart. A wart on the nose of humanity and I'm going to blast it off.
[she points her shotgun at him]
Franklin Hart, Jr. : [giggling nervously] Judy... Judy... Judy...
Judy Bernly : Goodbye boss man. It's quittin' time.
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Violet Newstead : What could we use to keep Hart quiet?
Judy Bernly : Blackmail?
Violet Newstead : Blackmail, oh that sounds good! What could we get on him...?
Judy Bernly : A sex scandal! Take a picture of him in bed with a prositute.
Doralee Rhodes : No, who'd care?
Violet Newstead : Yeah, Hart would just buy up all the copies and then distribute them as Christmas cards.
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Violet Newstead : One thing you should know about dear old Roz... She's the eyes, ears, nose, and throat of Mr. Hart. Anything she hears, he hears.
Judy Bernly : You mean she's a... a company spy?
Violet Newstead : I wouldn't exactly say that, I'd just say that if you want to gossip in the ladies' room, I'd check under the stalls, first, for her shoes.
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Doralee Rhodes : [stepping out from behind the car after seeing that the wrong corpse is in the trunk of the car] Uh, Judy? Would you come back here for a second?
Judy Bernly : What?
Doralee Rhodes : Look.
Judy Bernly : Who's that?
Doralee Rhodes : I don't know.
Judy Bernly : Where's Hart?
Doralee Rhodes : I don't know.
Judy Bernly : Oh, my God, you mean she... *oh my god!*
Doralee Rhodes : [stepping out from beind the car] Violet, honey, would you come over here for a second?
Violet Newstead : What is the matter with you two? We have got to get the - who is that?
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[Violet, planning to get rid of a dead corpse from the hospital that she thinks is Hart's body, drives crazily and speeds along the highway with Doralee and Judy in the car with her]
Judy Bernly : Where's the body?
Violet Newstead : In the trunk! Look, all we have to do is get some cement blocks, chain them to his feet and pitch him off the end of the pier, and no one will ever know.
Doralee Rhodes : You are crazy! They'll find it, they always find it!
Violet Newstead : Oh-hoh, crazy am I? They never found Jimmy Hoffa!
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Judy Bernly : [the girls have stolen the wrong body from the hospital] Oh, this is terrible. It's so improper. It's so disrespectful!
Violet Newstead : He's dead! He doesn't mind!
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Judy Bernly : You gave me your word that you wouldn't escape if I loosened the ropes.
Franklin Hart, Jr. : I lied!
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Judy Bernly : Why don't we send Roz away on vacation?
Violet Newstead : Judy, a vacation is only two weeks. We've got to keep her away longer then that.
Judy Bernly : Hey, I've got a better idea. Have you ever heard of those Aspen language schools in Europe where they send executives to learn foreign languages? Why don't we send her there?
Violet Newstead : You know, that idea's not half-bad. We could write it up that it's... top secret. Consolidated is looking to open overseas offices in Europe and they need executives who can... speak French or something. We could enroll Roz at one of those schools in Paris and send her there for a six-week learning course to take.
Judy Bernly : But will she go?
Doralee Rhodes : Are you kidding? If Hart asked her?
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[repeated line]
Judy Bernly : Don't panic! Don't panic!
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Violet Newstead : Hey, I just got some bad news. It's a telex from the head office in New York. They received our request, but due to a new computer system download and overhaul at their office... they won't be able to send us the invoices from Ajax Warehouse for another month - four to six weeks.
Judy Bernly : Four to six weeks! We have to keep Hart tied up all that time?
Violet Newstead : [shrugs] Do we have a choice?
Doralee Rhodes : Yeah, I think we can pull it off. I really do. Until today, I never knew just how unpopular Hart is around here. Believe me, nobody in this whole building wants to face that man, not if they can avoid it!
Judy Bernly : Except the one person who WOULD want to.
Violet Newstead : Yeah, Roz. Not that it doesn't add up; she's even less popular than he is... So what are we going to do about her?
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Judy Bernly : What did you say it was called?
[Passes joint to Violet]
Violet Newstead : Maui Wowee!
Judy Bernly : Well, I love it!
Violet Newstead : It's *primo!*
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Dick : [after seeing Hart tied up and drawing the wrong conclusion] So! This is what you're into now. Bondage, S&M, sex games!
Judy Bernly : [thinking fast] Uh... that's right, all of it! I'm into... everything. Now, get out of here!
Dick : Who is that guy?
Judy Bernly : He's my boss.
Dick : Oh, so you're having an affair with your boss, huh? Isn't that typical!
Judy Bernly : Just like you had an affair with your secretary! Getting her PREGNANT, no less!
Dick : But, Judy, this isn't you at all! You can't be serious about this!
Judy Bernly : Don't you tell me what I can or can't be serious about, or what is or isn't me! If I want to play S&S and M&M and all those other bondage games, or even smoke pot, that's my business!
Dick : Smoking pot? I can see what all that has done to you...! And to think I actually came here tonight and asked you to come back to me! HA!
Judy Bernly : "HA" is right! Would *you* come back to you? Remember, you're the one who wanted the divorce; *I* wanted to hire a marriage counselor and patch things up, but NO-OOO! Not that I'm ungrateful; actually, I opened a bottle of wine the day after you flew off with Liza!
Dick : If that's the way you feel, then there's nothing more to say.
Judy Bernly : Oh, yes there is!... HIT THE ROAD, BUSTER! THIS IS WHERE YOU GET OFF!
[shoves him out of the house and slams the door after him]
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[the captive Franklin Hart, tied down to his bed, has just been informed by Judy and Company about their finding the company-owned Ajax Warehouse cleaned out]
Franklin Hart, Jr. : An empty warehouse? What's wrong with that?
Violet Newstead : That's what Billy Sol Estes said, remember? He got 15 years on Alcatraz for embezzlement.
Judy Bernly : That warehouse is supposed to be filled with inventory from Consolidated. But you sold all of it and you pocketed the money... which explains how you could afford this mansion.
Doralee Rhodes : We keep underrating you, fella. We always knew you were an obnoxious, philandering, sexist backstabber... but we didn't realize you were a crook to boot.
Franklin Hart, Jr. : You'll never be able to prove any of that.
Violet Newstead : Well, I'm gonna order the invoices from CC's head office on Monday. I think you'll see things our way, once they arrive.
Franklin Hart, Jr. : [getting angry] You tangle with me, and I hope you're prepared to play dirty and rough. I'll be damned if I let myself be stopped by three dim-witted broads! I'm gonna get...
[struggling against the ropes]
Franklin Hart, Jr. : I'm gonna get loose, even if I have to kill someone to do it!
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Judy Bernly : What are we going to do? Roz is coming back from Paris this Friday after completing her six-week schooling of French. What if we still don't get the Ajax Warehouse invoices then?
Doralee Rhodes : Well... if she gives us anymore trouble, we'll just send her back to that language school and this time, let her learn to speak German!
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Judy Bernly : All I've done is be a housewife.
